योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-94, verse-36

ग्रहीतुं नैव युज्यन्ते ग्रहीतुं शक्नुवन्ति नो ।
आकाशशून्यवपुषः पश्यन्त्याकृतिमात्मनः ॥ ३६ ॥

grahītuṃ naiva yujyante grahītuṃ śaknuvanti no ,
ākāśaśūnyavapuṣaḥ paśyantyākṛtimātmanaḥ 36

36. grahītum na eva yujyante grahītum śaknuvanti
no ākāśaśūnyavapuṣaḥ paśyanti ākṛtim ātmanaḥ

36. ākāśaśūnyavapuṣaḥ grahītum na eva yujyante
grahītum no śaknuvanti ātmanaḥ ākṛtim paśyanti

36. They are certainly not fit to be grasped, nor are they able to seize anything. Being bodiless like space, they perceive the form of their own self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• ग्रहीतुम् (grahītum) - to grasp, to seize, to perceive

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• युज्यन्ते (yujyante) - they are fit, they are capable, they are joined

• ग्रहीतुम् (grahītum) - to grasp, to seize, to perceive

• शक्नुवन्ति (śaknuvanti) - they are able

• नो (no) - not, nor

• आकाशशून्यवपुषः (ākāśaśūnyavapuṣaḥ) - whose bodies are empty like space; bodiless like space

• पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they behold

• आकृतिम् (ākṛtim) - form, shape, appearance

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of oneself

Words meanings and morphology

ग्रहीतुम् (grahītum) - to grasp, to seize, to perceive

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from the root 'grah' (to seize, grasp) with the 'tumun' suffix.

Root: grah (class 9)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

युज्यन्ते (yujyante) - they are fit, they are capable, they are joined

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of yuj

Present Passive

3rd person, plural, passive voice, present tense.

Root: yuj (class 7)

ग्रहीतुम् (grahītum) - to grasp, to seize, to perceive

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from the root 'grah' (to seize, grasp) with the 'tumun' suffix.

Root: grah (class 9)

शक्नुवन्ति (śaknuvanti) - they are able

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of śak

Present Active

3rd person, plural, active voice, present tense.

Root: śak (class 5)

नो (no) - not, nor

(indeclinable)

Variant of 'na'.

आकाशशून्यवपुषः (ākāśaśūnyavapuṣaḥ) - whose bodies are empty like space; bodiless like space

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ākāśaśūnyavapus

ākāśaśūnyavapus - having a body empty like space

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ākāśa+śūnya+vapus)

• ākāśa – space, ether, sky
  noun (masculine)
• śūnya – empty, void, hollow
  adjective (neuter)
• vapus – body, form, figure
  noun (neuter)

पश्यन्ति (paśyanti) - they see, they behold

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of dṛś

Present Active

3rd person, plural, active voice, present tense. The root 'dṛś' takes the 'paśya' stem in the present system.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आकृतिम् (ākṛtim) - form, shape, appearance

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ākṛti

ākṛti - form, shape, appearance, figure

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, of oneself

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essential nature